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Generate formatted bibliography and citations in various academic styles.
When & Why to Use This Skill
The Bibliography Claude skill is a specialized tool designed to automate the tedious process of citation management and bibliography generation. It supports major academic styles including APA 7th, MLA 9th, Chicago, IEEE, Harvard, and Vancouver. By extracting metadata from URLs, text descriptions, or ongoing research threads, it ensures academic integrity and precision, making it an essential assistant for students, researchers, and technical writers aiming for professional-grade documentation.
Use Cases
- Academic Paper Preparation: Automatically generating a complete, alphabetized bibliography in APA or MLA style for a thesis, dissertation, or journal article.
- Web Resource Referencing: Converting a list of online research URLs into properly formatted citations including DOIs, publication dates, and access timestamps.
- Annotated Bibliography Creation: Compiling a list of sources accompanied by brief summaries or evaluative comments to describe each source's contribution to a research project.
- Style Conversion: Quickly switching an entire list of references from one citation style (e.g., IEEE) to another (e.g., Chicago) to meet different publication requirements.
- In-text Citation Guidance: Generating correct in-text citation examples based on source details to ensure consistent and accurate referencing throughout a manuscript.
| name | bibliography |
|---|---|
| description | Generate formatted bibliography and citations in various academic styles. |
| short-description | Citation Management |
/bibliography - Citation Management
I'll help generate properly formatted citations and bibliographies.
Supported Styles:
| Style | Common Use |
|---|---|
| APA 7th | Psychology, social sciences, education |
| MLA 9th | Humanities, literature, arts |
| Chicago | History, some humanities |
| IEEE | Engineering, computer science |
| Harvard | Business, some sciences |
| Vancouver | Medicine, health sciences |
What I can do:
From URLs
Provide URLs and I'll extract citation info and format it
From Text
Provide source details and I'll format the citation
From Research
If we've done research together, I'll compile all sources used
Annotation
Add brief annotations describing each source's contribution
Citation Components I'll capture:
- Authors (all, properly formatted)
- Title
- Publication venue
- Date
- Volume/issue/pages
- DOI/URL
- Access date (where required)
What I need:
- Sources: URLs, text descriptions, or "from our research"
- Style: Which citation style to use
- Annotated?: Whether to include annotations
Output Options:
- Individual citations
- Full bibliography
- In-text citation format examples
- Annotated bibliography
Which sources would you like me to format, and in what style? Project: $ARGUMENTS